Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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New evidence of the popularity of the modern languages was seen this year, partic- ularly by the increased interest and support of students for the German club and a re- organized French club. A monthly edition of a German paper on the part of German students has contributed to the success of the language department. Many social functions have resulted from time to time in these de- partments including outside spealcers, round table discussions, and moving pictures. A new course was added to the department for the music majors. It is a phonetics course designed to give a thorough foundation of Italian, French, and German diction. Miss Jefferies joined the modern language depart- ment replacing Mrs. Arnold. Bob Russell, a student teacher attending Knox, temporarily replaced Miss Coleman during the winter quarter. Miss Coleman was on a leave of absence due to illness. Above: Miss M. Wilson and Miss Kragness examine a French textg Miss Lindahl and Miss Jefferies in their office. Below: Mr. Poston and Miss Coleman look up a Spanish term, Mr. Brown and Mr. Adamec, heads of the modern and classical language depart- ments. l LANGUAGES E 1 1

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Above: English department members Mr. Johnson, Mrs. E. Wilson, and Mr. Davenport, Mr. Batell, Mr. Beauchamp and Mr. Evers. Below: Mr. Sherwin and Mr. H. Wilson examining a term paper, Mr. Stephens, Dr. Clare, and Miss Heren, the math professors. The English department continued to help many students across the hump of the Eng- lish comprehensive test. In Beecher chapel students were introduced to the Arts and Literature tutoring course by Mrs. Wilson. Mr. Evers joined the English staff this year. It might be noticed that the English depart- ment is the largest in the school. Courses of a wide range are offered to the students, they include freshman English, literature of all types, drama, writing, poetry, and the classics. Knox college and the mathematics depart- ment were sorry to hear that this was the last year on the faculty for a friend and a teacher who has served the college for forty- one years. Miss Heren is indeed a member of the Knox family. She was considered by faculty members and students alike to be one of the finest teachers in the school. Mr. Klimpt, who also taught economics, served as an addition to the math depart- ment. ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS 10

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Above: Chemistry, Mr. Neifert and Mr. Reed, Mr. Walton, biology, and Mr. Mutch, physics. Below: Mr. Wilde, Miss Bachrach, and Mr. Furrow. Mr. Bumstead and Mr. Bell discuss psychology. Miss Switzer is the school dietician. The large number of students entered in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, and geology has caused an increase to be made in the actual seating capacity of the lecture rooms of the Science building. The science department was one of the few departments that had no changes in the faculty. Dr. Way once again devoted his full time to the physics department. In recent years Dr. Way has served as acting president and as vice-presi- dent of the college. However, he resigned his position so that he could spend all of his time teaching. Home economics was dropped from the college curriculum since its incor- poration was only a wartime measure. Miss Switzer is now chief dietician for both Whit- ing and Seymour halls. Psychology has not been placed in the social or physical sciences. The GALE has placed it on this page due to the picture ar- rangement. Mr. Bell is a new addition to the psychology department. NATURAL SCIENCE